5 Aug
2008
5 Aug
'08
12:35 p.m.
At 12:17 PM -0700 8/5/08, Eric Smith wrote:
My reaction was that either one was a dumb choice.
Sure, it would
appeal to retro geeks like us, but of what use will it be in the
"real world" [*]? Once upon a time there was a lot of educational
software for the Apple II, but aside from buying individual titles
on eBay, where are you going to get any of it (legally) today?
Besides, although the 6502 was a reasonably decent processor in the
mid-to-late 1970s, today it won't be any less expensive than an ARM
7 or the like.
The CPU portion is the part that really had me wondering. How on
earth can you manufacture such a device for only $12.
As for the software, I believe it has to all be written. I suspect
that no existing Apple II software supports Hindi.
Zane
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